diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index fb1d27ec4..dc5c71a42 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from synthtool import _tracked_paths
 import shutil
 from synthtool import shell
+from synthtool.log import logger
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
@@ -190,7 +191,8 @@
     os.chdir("../../")
 
     # Copy types into types/
-    # These files were generated by node.compile_protos_hermetic() above.
+    logger.debug("Running compile...")
+    shell.run(["npm", "run", "compile"], hide_output=True)
     s.copy("build/src/v1/firestore*.d.ts", "types/v1")
     s.copy("build/src/v1beta1/firestore_client.d.ts", "types/v1beta1")
     s.copy("build/protos/firestore*.d.ts", "types/protos")